The insensitivity of thermal preferences to various thermal gradient profiles in newts

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10164-011-0287-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10164-011-0287-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The insensitivity of thermal preferences to various thermal gradient profiles in newts

Original language description

Thermoregulatory behaviour is affected by various biotic and abiotic factors, which may cause a substantial bias in the laboratory estimates of preferred body temperatures (Tp). We examined thermoregulatory behaviour in alpine newts, Ichthyosaura (formerly Triturus) alpestris, in both horizontal linear and vertical nonlinear thermal gradients, to evaluate the influence of disparate water temperature distribution on their thermal preferences. Newt positions in thermal gradients differed from those in constant temperatures, which indicates their thermal preferences in both experimental set ups. The mean and range of body temperatures showed similar values in both types of aquatic thermal gradients. We concluded that under a sufficiently wide range of environmental temperatures, newt thermal preferences are largely insensitive to the thermal gradient profile. This supports the suitability of Tp estimates for further experimental and comparative studies in newts.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Ethology

ISSN

0289-0771

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

30

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

JP - JAPAN

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

35-41

UT code for WoS article

000303059700006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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